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Nemours Named to Health Care's Most Wired List for 2013

First time both Nemours hospitals receive recognition

Josh WilsonThursday, Jul 11, 2013Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando

Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, FL, and Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE, have both been named to the 15th annual Hospitals and Health Networks magazine 2013 Most Wired list. This is the first year Nemours Children’s Hospital has been recognized since opening in October 2012 and the third consecutive year duPont Hospital for Children made the list.

“Most Wired” is a coveted distinction that acknowledges excellence in the use of information technology in four key areas: infrastructure, business and administrative management, clinical quality and safety, and clinical integration. Nearly a third of all hospitals nationwide responded, but less than 300 made the 2013 Most Wired list.

Key Facts

Nemours Children's Hospital was the only children's hospital in Central Florida to win "Most Wired" and the second in the State of Florida.

Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children was the only Delaware hospital and the only Delaware Valley children’s hospital to win “Most Wired”

Nemours is a leader in the use of information technology to improve patient care.

In 2012, HIMSS awarded Nemours Children’s Hospital the Stage 6 award, joining a select group of only 10 percent of all hospitals. Only 55 other children's hospitals in the U.S. have achieved this level. It is an exceptionally rare achievement for a newly opened hospital.

Examples of information technology platforms in place at Nemours include:

NemoursOne is a fully integrated electronic medical record system that enables all patient data to be captured, monitored and used to continuously improve the health of children in our care and beyond.

The Clinical Logistics Center at Nemours Children’s Hospital provides centralized monitoring to collect data from around the hospital, consolidate it through technology, and feed it back to the bedside to improve the level of care patients receive. The Center is staffed around-the-clock by paramedics continually watching trends for each patient. That way, when a device like a heart or breathing monitor indicates that a patient may be having difficulty, the CLC can alert medical staff right away.

In 2012 Nemours/Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children joined the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), strengthening Delaware’s standing as a leader in the adoption of health information technology and a model to other states regarding the value that health information exchange brings to patients and health care systems.

The 2013 survey methodology sets specific requirements in each of four focus areas. If any of these requirements is not met, then the organization does not achieve the Most Wired designation. The four focus areas are:

Established as The Nemours Foundation through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, Nemours offers pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy and prevention programs to all families in the communities it serves.

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